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System and method for using impulse radio technology to track and monitor animals

  • US 6,504,483 B1
  • Filed: 11/10/2000
  • Issued: 01/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for tracking an animal located on a track, said method comprising the steps of:

  • attaching, to the animal, an ultra wideband impulse radio unit;

    determining a position of the animal from the interaction between the ultra wideband impulse radio unit and at least two of a plurality of reference ultra wideband impulse radio units distributed at known locations throughout the track;

    receiving, at a central station, information relating to the position of the animal on the track;

    displaying, at the central station, an overlay of the track that indicates the position of the animal on the track; and

    using the ultra wideband impulse radio unit and another ultra wideband impulse radio unit at the central station to establish two-way communications between a person at the central station and a person controlling the animal, wherein the ultra wideband impulse radio unit is used to determine the position of the animal and also used to establish the two-way communications between the person at the central station and the person controlling the animal.

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